" In Atlanta 1996, the French synchronised swimming team proposed a Holocaust-themed routine to the same soundtrack, beginning with the nose-clipped swimmers goose-stepping into the pool. The plan was quietly abandoned before the Games - probably wisely."

433:" In Atlanta 1996, the French synchronised swimming team proposed a Holocaust-themed routine to the same soundtrack, beginning with the nose-clipped swimmers goose-stepping into the pool. The plan was quietly abandoned before the Games - probably wisely."

skrame:Is the music beautiful? Was the music chosen because of Schindler's List, or because it's good to skate to? That should be all that matters.

/I'm not familiar with the music, so I don't know./No, I DNRTFA.

The music is beautiful, Itzhak Perlman performs it and John Williams wrote it, but this was a deliberate call out to the movie itself in that she wore a red outfit that specifically invoked the little girl in the red coat who was the only spot of color in the famous black and white opening sequence.

Still she is not the first one to use it:Paul Wylie performed a routine to the music that year{1994} , as did the German champion Katarina Witt (who also wore red and made headlines). It's not hard to see why dancers love the score - Williams spares no effort in attempting to match the sadness of the film with the tempo of his music, and its romantic melancholy lends itself perfectly to the dramatics of an ice dance.

It sort of depends on if you think making a for-profit movie about it was tasteless. If you think the movie was somehow above the dirt and not a vehicle to make money on the backs of holocaust victims (because it is artistic or something) then I guess an artistic ice routine based upon the movie can be clean too

INeedAName:I'd think it would have better had it been an Israeli skater.

Honestly I'd think that would cause MORE uproar as there would be allegations she was "trivializing" the Holocaust to try to guilt the judges into giving her extra points. Kinda like an African skater doing a bit from "12 Years a Slave".

Honestly I think the whole question centers around the fact that some people thinki skating is too "trvial" and art form to invoke such a serious subject . Obviously Holocaust depictions in Art are somewhat Ok or "Schindler's List" itself would have been equally condemend, and certain none of the Holocaust themed Operas ( "ehhh what's you expect? a happy ending? It's opera, doc" ) I am aware of have stirred much outrage.

But the fact that figure skating is the realm of be-sequined bare pubsecent pop-princesses, and even more so because it is a sport, there is a feeling it is too lightweight to handle the load of something like this.

Whether that's true or not I suspect is an exercise left to the reader/viewer

If you want them to use different music, buy more original compositions by accomplished violinists. The music choice is probably very limited (depending on the type of routine you want to do), and you definitely don't want two skaters to use the same piece (or have the same music used in all competitions).

They are not exploiting anyone's memory, or trivializing anything about the film, the Holocaust, or anyone. This is pure outrage for the sake of finding something to write about.

Magorn:skrame: Is the music beautiful? Was the music chosen because of Schindler's List, or because it's good to skate to? That should be all that matters.

/I'm not familiar with the music, so I don't know./No, I DNRTFA.

The music is beautiful, Itzhak Perlman performs it and John Williams wrote it, but this was a deliberate call out to the movie itself in that she wore a red outfit that specifically invoked the little girl in the red coat who was the only spot of color in the famous black and white opening sequence.

Still she is not the first one to use it:Paul Wylie performed a routine to the music that year{1994} , as did the German champion Katarina Witt (who also wore red and made headlines). It's not hard to see why dancers love the score - Williams spares no effort in attempting to match the sadness of the film with the tempo of his music, and its romantic melancholy lends itself perfectly to the dramatics of an ice dance.

This. It's powerful evocative music. That's what ice skaters go for as accompaniment to their routines. They use any music they find that fit the routine, regardless of origin.